Author: Nina Bawden

Quotes

I wanted to be a war reporter - scrabbling around, exposing things. I didn't want to go to university, I wanted to get a job, but Auntie Beryl said I should go to Oxford.

I wanted to be a war reporter - scrabbling around, exposing things. I didn't want to go to university, I wanted to get a job, but Auntie Beryl said I should go to Oxford.

- Nina Bawden

People who don't read seem to me mysterious. I don't know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education.

People who don't read seem to me mysterious. I don't know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education.

- Nina Bawden

I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and in my books for them I try to put this right.

I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and in my books for them I try to put this right.

- Nina Bawden

One good reason for writing novels based on your life is that you have something to read in old age when you've forgotten what happened.

One good reason for writing novels based on your life is that you have something to read in old age when you've forgotten what happened.

- Nina Bawden

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